John Thank you for your reply. This is exactly the type answer I was expecting from the members of this list. It was hard enough to have to ask for assistance knowing full well that I stood the chance of being cremated here.
Problem with the OLP Guitars web site is that they hired a "marketing" guy. His first task was to redesign their catalog and then persuade the management to follow the catalog with a similar style web site. Only his vision for similar can be understood to mean "the same as". Problem is that none of the divisions marketing/print/graphic designers play well with the web site developers as they have very limited understanding of how a web site should be constructed. It is very tough to take printed material and turn it into a web site especially when the pages are designed strictly with print in mind. As web developers, we all know this. Print and web are two different animals. I have put together a paper outling the pros and cons of "sliced images" vs. semantically correct written code. This will be distributed amongst the division managers at the next manager's meeting. After that, things will change. But that does not help the situation at hand. I turned to the only place where I knew I could get level headed and correct answers. Thank you for the answer you gave. It was much more helpful than others I got. Have a great day! Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Foliot - WATS.ca" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <wsg@webstandardsgroup.org> Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 9:44 AM Subject: RE: [WSG] Spacing Issue > Jeff D. Reid wrote: > > I joined this list well over two years ago. I have designed sites on > > my own utilizing tips and suggestions I have gathered from most > > people on the list and other lists. This is the FIRST time I have > > had my hands tied as to follow a Graphic Designer/Marketing "expert" > > who has new visions for OLP Guitars, which is owned by HHI, for whom > > I work in the capacity of Webmaster. > > Which means now you must pick your battles. Been there, done that > <grin>. Welcome to the club. > ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
